The Long Thin Country

So it looks like Pinochet died today. I don't have much to say about that except there is no clearer triumph of the jocks over the nerds than him and Salvador Allende, who might still be alive today if it weren't for his dopey safety-goggle glasses.

Contrast with Augusto Pinochet (pronunciation?), who gives us the perfect example of what cool people would do if they ran the world.

So I guess it's probably good that he's dead, mostly because he was bad, but also because that makes the rest of us that much cooler. With him out of the way, I'm almost suave enough to be a fascist dictator. I can taste it.